Chicken Shashlik
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Serves: 2-3
 
Chicken Shaslik is basically marinated chicken pieces pierced onto a skewer along with capsicum, onion and tomato and grilled.
Ingredients
  • Ginger : 1 inch piece
  • Garlic : 15 cloves
  • Coriander: 3 tbsp chopped
  • Mint Leaves: 1 tbsp chopped
  • Lemon Juice: 1 tbsp
  • Curd: ¼ cup beaten
  • Chili powder: ¼ tsp
  • Turmeric Powder: ¼ tsp
  • Cumin Powder: ¼ tsp
  • Cardamom Powder: ¼ tsp
  • Salt: 1 tsp
  • Pepper Powder: ½ tsp
  • Boneless chicken: 200 gm cut into small pieces
  • Onion: 1 large cut into wedges
  • Tomatoes: 1 large cut into wedges
  • Capsicum: 1 large cut into wedges
  • Olive Oil: for brushing
Instructions
  1. Grind the ginger, garlic, coriander, mint and lemon juice.
  2. Mix together the ground paste, curd, chili powder, turmeric powder, cumin powder, cardamom powder,salt and pepper.
  3. Add chicken and onion and mix well to coat the pieces with the marinade mixture.
  4. Cover and marinate in fridge for minimum 4 hours.
  5. Add capsicum and tomato and marinate for another 1 hour.
  6. Carefully pierce the skewer through the center of one each onion, chicken, tomato and capsicum.
  7. Gently push ingredients close together down the skewer up to 2 cm from skewer handle. Continue loading other ingredients in the same way upto 2 cm from skewer end.
  8. Grill at 220 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Keep rotating and brushing with olive oil from time to time.
Notes
If you are using wooden skewers, keep them dipped in water for 5 minutes before using them to avoid scorching.
Recipe by YourHungerStop at https://www.yourhungerstop.com/chicken-shashlik-kebab/